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It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye

Every athlete does it and every Sports Agent has to plan for it and deal with it. It is called retirement, and it is the end of an athlete’s career on the field/court and the beginning of an athlete’s effort to remain financially stable while not participating in his/her specialty any longer.

I came across an interesting article: [Things to Consider When Saying Goodbye: The Art of Retiring]. Of course, we would all love for our clients to retire with The on the top farewell, but as agents, we often times do not get to choose the path that our clients take on the field/court of play.

p.s. – I will try to include an appropriate video for each post from now on. Tell me if you like this idea or not. For this post, I found the documentary of Patrick Roy’s retirement to be appropriate. Enjoy: [YouTube – Patrick Roy’s retirement].

-Darren Heitner

By Darren Heitner

Darren Heitner created Sports Agent Blog as a New Year's Resolution on December 31, 2005. Originally titled, "I Want To Be A Sports Agent," the website was founded with the intention of causing Heitner to learn more about the profession that he wanted to join, meet reputable individuals in the space and force himself to stay on top of the latest news and trends.

Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.

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